Fodder scam chronology

Jan 1996: Scam unearthed after the then Deputy Commissioner of Chaibasa Amit Khare raided the Animal Husbandary Department. Documents seized provided substantial evidence of scam.

June 1997: CBI files chargesheet. Names Lalu Prasad as one of the accused.

July 1997: Lalu quits as CM, annoints Rabri as CM. Surrenders before CBI court. Sent to judicial custody.

April 2000: Rabri too named as accused in the case. However, she was granted bail.

Oct 2001: SC transfers case to Jharkhand HC after bifurcation of Bihar.

Feb 2002: Trial begins in Special CBI court in Jharkhand.

Dec 2006: A lower court in Patna acquits Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi in DA case.

March 2012: Charges framed against Lalu and Dr Jagannath Mishra.

Sept 30, 2013: Lalu, Mishra and 45 others convicted in another fodder scam case RC 20A/96. Lalu sent to Ranchi jail and disqualified as Lok Sabha member. Also debarred from contesting elections.

Dec 2013: Supreme Court grants bail to Lalu.

May 2017: Trial revived after SC order on May 8. Apex court asks lower court to separately try them in Deoghar treasury case RC 64A/96 and complete hearing within nine months.

Dec 23, 2017: Lalu Prasad convicted and sent to jail.